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The pirate Blackbeard landed on these shores, leaving behind rumors of buried treasure. But if you’re after a true treasure, bring a camera, as Florida’s most colorful bird, the painted bunting, nests here in the spring.

The Bluffs Picnic Area and Blackrock Beach Trail lead to one of the weirdest and most beautiful beaches in Florida, where black “rock” – actually highly compressed peat and sand shaped by waves to look like rock – lines the shore, forming tidal pools brimming with sea life.

Smidgens of sandbars offshore add to the tropical scene. The tidal marsh side of the island is popular for paddling through dense mazes of needlegrass. The Timucuan Trail, a paved bicycle trail, parallels A1A through the park. Camping is at adjacent Little Talbot Island State Park.

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Big Talbot Big Pine Trail-The southernmost trail on Big Talbot Island is the 0.8-mile Big Pine Trail, a short walk out to a bluff above the estuary through a maritime hammock riffled by breezes